wem wrote:They don't play D-1 cause they are not recruited by D-1. Why aren't they recruited by D-1, cause the media coverage and coach involvement at the B level is very, very limited. I know for a fact that unless a parent takes it upon themselves to send tape around to D-1 schools if they play at B level, they will not get anymore than offers from Mary, VC, Jamestown, etc. And many great class B kids don't even get that.
"They don't play D1 because they're not recruited D1"
Answer is - They're not viewed as good enough. A handful a decade might be missed, most aren't good enough.
Non-private school of class B size w/in 1 hour from FM has a
D1 baseball pitcher, D1 basketball player, 2 D1 football players, 3 D3 football players, NAIA track & cross country guy, D2 golfer, along with a JUCO football player and a JUCO golfer, D2 basketball girl, D2 volleyball girl, JUCO volleyball girl, and a d3 basketball girl all from within the past 4 graduating classes. Even if you only want to focus on the D1 players - that's still shows that if you can play, they'll find you. Yep, it's harder to be found in some cases if you are from "remote" areas, but numbers are numbers: size, speed, stats, etc....
wem wrote:Anybody that thinks media, big school, large coaching staffs, parent/alumni/boosters/and parent donators to colleges doesn't have an influence in recruiting, has no creditability with me; IT DOES!
You stated that D1 don't recruit class B kids because media doesn't cover and class B coaches are limited. Media is out of our control, but they do cover stories that will get their main readership to pick up a paper and/or click on the news. As for boosters, etc... everyone has connections of some kind, somewhere and that's again out of our control. I guess if a coach wants to give a scholly to a donor's kid instead of a kid that can play....he's going to upset the apple cart somewhere, but he/she has to sleep at knowing they didn't give themselves the best chance to win.
A Larger staff such as at a school that can have more than just "level" head coaches does come into play with football and somewhat in other sports at big schools because you can be more position specific in your work and have a smaller number of coaches per kid. I'll give you that. SU football has done a phenomenal job and UND under Bubba is starting to find these local kids with great work ethic that can put on good lbs to help them. Basketball is a bit of a different animal when it comes to this.
"I know for a fact that unless a parent takes it upon themselves to send tape around to D-1 schools if they play at B level"
Class B coaches are only limited if they want to be and none of the class A coaches I know are putting their teaching jobs (PE or otherwise) or other day jobs on hold just to promote their kids. With online video sharing tools, etc.. most small or large school high school coaches exchange film links in emails or on those sharing sites. I trade film of upcoming opponents frequently. Only twice in the last handful of years have I had a coach tell me that he needs to burn me a DVD and mail it. And that's still only a day or two wait to receive it. Any coach worth their salt will put a DVD in their computer, just as they will download a link, or click a YouTube link.
"....they (Class B kids) will not get anymore than offers from Mary, VC, Jamestown, etc. And many great class B kids don't even get that."
Why? Not because their coaches cannot send film. It's because either the coaches at those schools don't think they are good enough, or have different recruiting philosophies (JUCO transfers, bringing kids up from other areas or pipelines, etc...). Is it possible that some of our local small schools are not doing a good job recruiting their own "backyards"?....yes. Most, however, would like to find kids that can play and are local because that might put a few butts in the seats as well. Mostly though, they are going to do the job they feel will help them win and if they think a class B kid can play, they'll recruit him. If they don't, they won't.
Of the more than one million high school athletes across the United States, fewer than 5 percent go on to play sports in college, and fewer than 1 percent go on to play at the division I level.Only makes sense that a state with a population around 740,000 that the raw # would be quite smaller.